Bug 1276614

Summary: xsupplicant: Usage of fixed temtporary file
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: tcallawa
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proposed fix for tmp file naming issue none

Description Adam Mariš 2015-10-30 10:10:58 UTC 
It was found that xsupplicant uses hardcoded fixed temporary file for sockets, storing into /tmp/xsupplicant.sock.$INTERFACE.
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2015-10-30 10:11:29 UTC 
Created xsupplicant tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1276615]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1276616]
Comment 2 Tom "spot" Callaway 2015-10-30 16:00:53 UTC 
Created attachment 1087976 [details]
proposed fix for tmp file naming issue

I _think_ this patch should fix the issue, but I'd definitely like more eyes on it before I push updates. Also, xsupplicant upstream is dead as far as I can see, so it is unlikely they'll be able to help here.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2015-12-19 18:28:14 UTC 
xsupplicant-2.2.0-13.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2015-12-20 00:23:49 UTC 
xsupplicant-2.2.0-13.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2016-01-05 21:36:57 UTC 
xsupplicant-2.2.0-13.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 02:44:56 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.